Just after graduating college, Robert Nulk ’58 worked in reliability and maintainability on various defense projects with the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration—NASA. He carried this theme throughout his 21-year military career. After he retired from NASA, Bob began a second career working for FMC-United Defense, which manufactures combat vehicles and other military […]

Donald Jacobberger ’58 was a quiet man, who dedicated his life to faithful and loving service to his family, his country, his community, and his church. He served his country as part of the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps stationed in South Korea, and continued serving in the Army Reserve before retiring as a lieutenant colonel […]

Michael Hennen ’58, M.A. ’60 grew up in Elko, Nevada, and explored nearby Lamoille Canyon and the Ruby Mountains. After earning two degrees from Santa Clara University, Mike joined the Army. He was attached to an Army Military Intelligence Unit in Verona, Italy, and after honorable discharge from service was employed by the Department of […]

Paul Legallet ’58 knew leather. He grew up around the family business, Legallet Tanning and Wool Company, and started working there as a teen. While attending Santa Clara, he went to Reutlingen, Germany, to attend Westdeutsche Tanning School. And when the family business closed, he launched his own leather goods manufacturing business, Golden Gate Glove […]

Dario Maggiore ’58, loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, died April 6. Dario raised his family on the family ranch in San Jose. He was an avid duck hunter and enjoyed hunting with his sons and skeet shooting with his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Theresa, and their family.

The fifth of six children raised in San Francisco and Oakland, Gerald McEnhill ’58 enjoyed summers growing up at the family cabin on Fitch Mountain and the Russian River, making many friends. He had a wicked sense of humor. He loved his feathered friends, from his favorite chickadees to the ducks on the river. Gerry […]

After high school, William Romano ’58 joined the Air Force and proudly served for four years during the Korean War. Bill returned home and went on to graduate from Santa Clara with a bachelor’s degree in English. For 39 years, Bill was a dedicated reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, covering local crime and […]

After completing his undergraduate and law school, Joseph Panetta ’55 J.D. ’58 moved to Monterey to work in the District Attorney’s Office, followed by many years in private practice. His law career spanned over 60 years. His clients and the law community admired him. Joseph married his high school sweetheart, Anna, in 1955, and the […]

William Duke ’58 was an avid tennis player. He always liked a challenge on the court and was a fierce competitor. He played regularly at the Olympic Club where he was a member for more than sixty years. Bill died June 25, 2022.

James Pfaff ’58 was always true to his Catholic faith—attending St. Leo’s, Bellarmine, and SCU. Jim met his future wife Annie at a Bellarmine-Notre Dame mixer, fell in love, and continued to love and honor her after 65 years of marriage. Jim was an active member of San Jose Country Club, where he and Annie enjoyed golfing, friendships, […]

From an early age, Nicholas Bert Galiotto ’58 was instilled with a strong sense of family and civic duty. He was dedicated to public service for his entire life. Nick spent 26 years with the Mountain View Police Department, attaining the rank of captain. Nick also served a term as the mayor of Mountain View. In […]

Dave Higgins ’58  found success in civil engineering and he joined Harbison & Mahony as a partner and later became president. His most significant project was the renovation of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in downtown Sacramento. He was named as Sacramentan of the Year in 2009 by the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. […]

Growing up in Pacific Grove, California, David Miller Rudolph ’58 played basketball and worked at his family’s furniture business. He attended San Carlos Elementary and St. Angela’s Elementary, and was a member of the first graduating class of Junipero Memorial High School, where he wrote a high school sports column for the Monterey Herald. Later in […]

Retired Sacramento County Superior Court judge, Hon. Anthony DeCristoforo, Jr. J.D. ’58 has died at age 90. Tony had a long and distinguished legal career. He served as Staff Judge Advocate in Austria and Italy while in the U.S. Army, and ran a successful law practice in Sacramento for 26 years before being appointed to […]

  Frank Leone Jr., ’58, MS ’68, ’83 liked SCU so much he earned three degrees from the University. He worked as an engineer for more than 30 years, retiring from GE Nuclear Energy. Frank and Louise Saffron married in 1960 and raised three children together. He died in November 2020.

Harry James “Jim” Lawson, Jr. ’58 died October 11, 2020, nine days after his 84th birthday. Jim grew up in Sacramento and attended Sacred Heart School, Christian Brothers High School, Santa Clara University, and California State University, Sacramento. He married Marie Waterbury in 1957 and together they have four daughters, including Kim Finn ’80, and […]

James Walter McCoy ’58 was born in Woodland, California on Easter Sunday in 1936. He attended Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento, Yuba Community College, Santa Clara University, and San Jose State University, where he met his wife, Lore, in the Newman Club. In September of 1960, Jim was drafted into the United States Army […]

Card nights and traveling with friends is how Albin Joseph Uhrich ’58, MBA ’65 spent 60 years married to Elizabeth. He loved games of all sorts—golf, tennis, the San Francisco 49ers, and, at the San Carlos Senior Center, bingo. Albin died on Sept. 21, 2020. He is survived by his two children and their families.

“Wonderful!” was the word William “Bill” D. Mowatt ’58 MA ’69 said most often as his heart slowly stopped beating surrounded by his family: wonderful wife Gail, wonderful children, wonderful grandchildren. During the twenty years he had been treated for heart failure, Bill completed 12 race-walking events, 6 half marathons, and 6 full marathons, his last […]

Martin Vonnegut ’58 MBA ’62 celebrated the 50th anniversary of his work on Apollo 11. He was a 33-year-old launch operations manager for the Communications Satellite Corporation. He was vital in relaying the astronauts’ data back to earth. For the anniversary, Vonnegut was featured in The Salinas Californian in which he detailed his role in […]